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With more than a dozen student clubs and associations offered through Student Life, finding your place here couldn’t be easier. Joining gives you the opportunity to develop leadership skills, network in your career area, be active in the community, make friends and have fun!

We take pride in preparing students for high-demand careers and outstanding four-year degree programs. With more than 500 industry partners and community organizations, we provide invaluable opportunities for learning in the classroom and countless real-world settings.

Data Science

Data Science Associate of Science Degree

Program Overview

Students entering the Data Science Associate of Science (AS) Degree program will learn to collect, manage, interpret and analyze data in order to assist in making data-informed decisions for the benefit of a company or organization.

​Data Science uses the techniques and theories from many different fields of study including mathematics, statistics, computer science, and information theory. Data scientists sort through great amounts of unstructured data such as emails, videos, social media, and other user-generated content and write algorithms to extract insights from the data.

General Education/MnTC Requirements
The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) is the general education
curriculum for the Minnesota State system. Choose MnTC courses according
to the requirements listed on your Program Requirements Guide. Refer to
the MnTC course list for each Goal Area: